This Old Dog Learns New Tricks! Football Programming Part 2
As I mentioned in part one of this blog, knowing the context in all aspects of an athletes’ life is important in order to succeed when training them. This is especially true when it comes to a sport...
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Unconventional Cardio Options for Bodybuilders, Powerlifters, or Any...
With the primary goal of acquiring strength or size, a common secondary aim for most lifters is to manage their body composition by way of monitoring nutritional intake and caloric expenditure...
View ArticleMy 6 Favorite “Hacks” in the Gym
This fall will be my 20thyear in the Iron Game. In that 20 years I have tried at least 100 different “Hacks” in an effort to get my training completed when I didn’t have the ideal set up or machine. I...
View ArticleIs Overtraining a Myth?
What follows is an excerpt from my contribution to a roundtable on overtraining in the most recent issue of Alan Aragon’s Research Review, which by the way, is an amazing body of work that spans a...
View ArticleBlood Flow Restriction Training
My current opinion on blood flow restriction training is as follows in the year 2018. I feel that it’s such a valuable tool that all strength athletes should be at least somewhat well versed on how to,...
View ArticleBeginners Don’t Lose Your Mind, Veterans Don’t Lose Your Edge
Now that I’ve been lifting with serious intent for 14 years, and training other people for 13, I’ve noticed a consistent pattern that occurs during the “lifespan” of a serious lifter. Initially,...
View ArticleDon’t Lose Your Head
Many of the e-mails and social media private messages that we get are regarding time off from training. Even many of our competition prep athletes write us during some level of panic, asking us what...
View ArticleMuscle Group Specialization Cycles: Why and How – Part 1
We’re fortunate to live in an era where folks like Dr Brad Schoenfeld and other researchers are consistently working on practical research to answer specific questions that lifters want to know. We’re...
View ArticleI Currently Don’t Love My Training
I am going through a slump right now. I know I should be writing the second installment on blood flow restriction (BFR) training, but instead I am here, getting off track yet again. Plus, I want the...
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Muscle Group Specialization Cycles: Why and How – Part 2
In part 1 of this article I cover the why, as I went through the pertinent information as to when higher volumes might be necessary, and I hinted that logistically specialization cycles might be the...
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Blood Flow Restriction – Part 2
Blood flow restriction training, or BFR training, is an incredible tool, and while a bit more common nowadays it’s still very much misunderstood. A few years ago, I couldn’t use blood flow restriction...
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Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training: Does Exercise Selection Matter?
Be Sure to Check With a Qualified Healthcare Practitioner Before Trying Any Training Tool, Including BFR. Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is a concept that has been researched for a quite some...
View ArticleLife Isn’t Always Fun; Commitment Makes It Better
com-mit-ted feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job; wholeheartedly dedicated. mo-ti-vate provide with a motive for doing something. mo-ti-vated past tense for mo-ti-vate Is it...
View ArticleEmotional Lifting
My intent with every training session is to better my previous session, whether it’s with a singular action of increasing load, sets, reps or a combination of them all. However, the goal is to never...
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Bodybuilding Periodization Made Simple
Brad the powerlifter has had to take a back seat as of late. A lingering rib issue in my right posterior rib cage sidelined me from doing my competition squat and deadlift for quite some time. As a...
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Rational Calves
We all have those genetically weak body part body parts that leave us stumped and frustrated. In my case, it was my high calf insertions. Now before I go on, this isn’t going to be another tutorial on...
View ArticleJust Because Your Program Isn’t Working Doesn’t Mean Your Program Is The Problem
Some people live a life that imposes more stress on them than their training. Some people are the opposite. They have a program that is the largest stressor in their life when it comes to the...
View ArticleWhy Do We Deload?
It seems everyone who trains seriously with weights knows you should deload. Most folks hate deloads and only begrudgingly do them. Others don’t deload at all because they either feel they don’t need...
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The Bodybuilders War Against RIR/RPE Consciousness
Just like many of you, it was love at first rep for me. I goofed around with weights once or twice in my early teens, but it wasn’t until I got my first gym membership that I really found something in...
View ArticleAre You Really Dedicated?
Are you really dedicated? There was a time, over a decade ago, where I was an incredibly “hardcore”, focused, and silently judgmental young bodybuilder. I was completely intent on winning my pro card...
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